The survey suggests that commuters want public transport providers to use technology to provide ticketless travel options, embrace social media and use it to communicate with them, and enhance the overall station experience.

Accenture said that public transportation providers have been underinvesting in infrastructure, and are under immense pressure to be the traveler’s “gateway” to the city.

Accenture say its findings shows that public transport providers need to deal with customers on their terms -when, where and how they want, and an interaction that is relevant to the situation and their needs.

Costain, based in Maidenhead, with numerous offices across the UK and 4,725 employees, is currently engaged on five Crossrail contracts and the £400m re-development of London Bridge Station and is a leading supplier to Highways Agency.

Also under Low Carbon Vehicles Proof of Concept IDP 8 funding call, Ricardo's CryoPower engine project - also described as the Split Cycle Engine, has been funded in partnership with the University of Brighton and Hiflux Limited together awarded £430,381.

A selection of NVN's previous awards winners were on display inside and outside the LCV 2013 halls, including the Morgan Plus E, developed in partnership with Zytek Automotive and Potenza Technology, shown above.

The projects, each lasting no more than 6 months, have been funded to develop a range of innovative low carbon solutions for both niche and volume vehicle manufacturers. Investment into the engineering projects has been provided by the NVN (a network of niche vehicle manufacturers, specialist technology and supply chain companies), with backing from the Technology Strategy Board and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).

Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, that since 2009 has published a directory of UK companies with low carbon automotive capabilities, has published an online version of the directory, opening it up for companies to submit their own details.

The money will be used for private sector investment in one or more demonstration-scale advanced biofuel plants in order to drive the development of the UK’s biofuel industry.

Advanced biofuels are made from materials, for example municipal waste and forestry residues, using complex processing techniques. They can produce a wide range of transport fuels including replacements for those used in road transport and aviation.

Transport Minister Norman Baker said, “I am delighted that we are able to support these innovative technologies and believe that they will bring significant benefits to the UK. There are real opportunities for the UK to take a technological lead, driving growth, creating highly skilled jobs and seeing energy, security and environmental benefits."

“It is clear that in the long term advanced biofuels will be important in areas that we cannot otherwise decarbonise, such as aviation. This announcement will help put the UK in a good position to meet this demand.”

The £10 million prize is to encourage commercial and investment opportunities in Britain’s car industry. It will be presented for the technological improvements which enable ultra-low emissions vehicles to run as long as and as far as conventionally fuelled cars, without needing to stop or burn fossil fuel.

Included in the Government's spending round, as presented to Parliament last month, was a commitment to continue to support the development of electric vehicles, including by offering a prize of up to £10 million dedicated Research and Development funding to develop long-life battery technology for electric vehicles.

Details of this and other aspects of the Government's commitment to the transition to ULEVs will be set out in the ULEV strategy later this year.

However, that prize was dwarfed by a what George Osborne described as "an historic shift in the UK’s approach to roads, underpinned by the biggest programme of investment since the 1970s".

"By 2020-21 the Government will treble investment in major new road enhancements from today’s levels", as stated in Investing in Britain’s future, the document presented by to Parliament by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

A study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the EU Commission's in-house science service, on recent research on electric cars in the EU suggest that better exchange of information and more coordination between projects would result in a better leverage of the €1.9 billion investment, 65% of which comes from public funding.

Two recent reports on low carbon vehicles have presented strongly positive endorsements for the potential economic benefits, in terms of economy as a whole and UK car manufacturing sector in particular.

At the time of writing it is half an hour before Apple Inc is due to present its latest innovations in the mobile technology space - that will no doubt relate in some way or other to use within the car because that's what drivers are choosing to do.

Last month I discussed how the latest DfT National Transport Survey, showing the number of average trips made per person has fallen to levels not seen since the 1970s, contrasts markedly with projections for traffic growth used to justify the accelerated road spending announced the June Spending Review. The Department for Transport's report to Parliament Action for Roads - A network for the 21st century predicts that by 2040 traffic on strategic roads will have grown by 46%, based upon "central" estimates of population growth, economic growth and the decline in the cost of motoring.

The Department for Transport has today published its latest official statistics of the UK transport system as measured by the National Transport Survey, showing that the number of average trips made per person has fallen to levels not seen since the 1970s.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the trade body for the UK automative industry has published two reports of interest this month; a presentation of general facts and figures for the UK automotive sector and it's 12th annual report on New Car CO2 emissions.